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Show temperance! D E P ART M ENTj t I CONDUCTED BY W. C. T. U. I If I 1 J , EDITORIAL COMMITTEE ( T i MISS FRIEbA DRESSEL, . MRS. U. WAY. A T . . ........ .....,, ...... tt.t... , ; As one among many of tho churches and societies that tend to make Og-den Og-den a better city, let us look Into the evils of today and see which Is the greater evil, which is ihe one that drags the human down the lowest. First, we 'nave the theater, the dance-hall, dance-hall, tho saloon and the gambling joints; next, moving picture shows, horse-races and Suuday ball games, with petty other evils to fill In between. be-tween. Tho theater Is harmless In Itself It-self when tho plays tend to elevate, but most cheap shows only tend to set bad examples for the theater goer. We all know too well the vice of the saloon. The many homes It has destroyed de-stroyed and tho men and boys it hns sent to destruction. Ask the saloonkeeper saloon-keeper If the poor drunkard that lops at his bar was his son, his brother or ' father would he hesitate when he kicks she sits by tho hearth, the supper cold, waiting for you to return leaving leav-ing half or nearly all of your wages tor some other one's pleasure, whtla your bills go unpaid and your family fam-ily in want. Have you no heart? Do you not love your family? Reform before it is everlasting too late, before be-fore a blow falls that will mar you for life. You gamblers, does your riches give you pleasure? Do you never think of the sorrow our Joints cause? - - II power and grace to shut up every gambling device In Ogden before the curse falls upon us as In days of yore. The horse-race Is harmless harm-less In itself. It Is what follows. Vices are all closely connected, one follows another. The Sunday ball game breaks the holy day God set apart for us as rest. Could you rest If you lived near a park where cheer- mm uuui iiiv uuui unci ut: at lantru the last cent from his pockets, that last cent that should buy a loaf of bread or a pair of shoes for his needy family. Would he gloat over his spoils If the beggar that asks him for one last dring was his son? Has he no conscience or thought of the judgment judg-ment day? How will he meet his Hod. Oh, that some reformation may take place that ho may dump all hl3 rum in the street some night and become be-come a temperance man. Next to the saloon comes the gambling joint. Many a good man cannot overcome the fascination of taking that golden chance of doubling his money at the risk of his month's wages made by the sweat of his brow. Oh, man. do you ever double? Do you ever come out ahead?. Sometimes; yes, sometimes, some-times, but that is seldom and that is only used as a bait to get another chance at your hard earned coin. Wake up from your folly sleep; shake yourself of this hypnotic influence and put on the armor of faith; pass them up. You are not tho one to suffer I alone. Think of that anxious I wife who waits and watches ' weeps and wrings her hands when I Hlg. MOOling, CUI1U illUl UIOlll'.lU , held full sway on the Sabbath after-J after-J noon? No? Then let us do away with i this useless pleasure. The moving picture show on a Sunday night keeps j many a person from the church, who . otherwise would bo there. These ; Sunday amusements arc violations to ' God's hoi laws anil we are put here I to keep his commandments. Remem-4 ( ber the Sabbath day to keep It holy, j Let each one of us sit down and consider con-sider the welfare of our brother as ' well as ourselves. Let us tend to ele-1 ele-1 vate instead of degrade our fellow man for the sako of the golden coin. Think of the judgment day. Will your money do you any good there? Can : you buy or bribe Christ NO. We I will all have to give accounts of the ' deeds done in the body. No one can speak for you. You can't shift the , blame on someone else. God knows j and to God you will answer. Reform . before it Is too late. Prepare to meet I thy God. B. HURST. The Good Templers have adjourned their meetings for the summer months. Tho next meeting will be held the first Friday In September. |
